Healthier Southwest Potato Skins
Healthier Southwest Potato Skins

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, healthier southwest potato skins. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Healthier Southwest Potato Skins is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Healthier Southwest Potato Skins is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Spicy potato, beans and spinach stuffed into potato skins and covered with mexican cheese. This post is sponsored by The Little Potato Company! I love their healthy, sustainable approach to potatoes.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook healthier southwest potato skins using 8 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Healthier Southwest Potato Skins:
  1. Get 4 Russet potatoes
  2. Make ready 6 slice bacon. ( cooked and crumbled )
  3. Get 1 can black beans (drained)
  4. Get 1/2 bag of frozen corn or can of corn
  5. Take 1/4 cup onion, chopped
  6. Make ready 4 tbsp butter
  7. Get 2 cup shredded mexican blend cheese or whatever you prefer. I've used mozzarella as well.
  8. Take 1 salt

Carefully scoop the flesh out of the sweet potato skin, leaving a thin layer of potato (this helps the skin stay sturdy. Do you pitch the peels of potatoes into the garbage disposal? You could be discarding a wealth of good-for-you The skins are loaded with disease-fighting nutrients and weight-friendly fiber. By incorporating potato skins into your diet, you'll get more healthy meals from.

Instructions to make Healthier Southwest Potato Skins:
  1. Place potatoes in microwave for approx 15 minutes .turning a couple times . ( you can also bake potatoes in oven but it takes longer )
  2. While potatoes are cooking , fry bacon in skillet til done and set aside on paper towel. When ready crumble into small pieces.
  3. When potatoes are done, let cool then cut each potato in half.
  4. Scoop out majority of flesh of each potato halves…place flesh in bowl and use for later if you wish.
  5. Place 1/2 tablespoon of butter in each potato boat and sprinkle with salt.
  6. Scoop a small spoonful of black beans into each potato boat
  7. Place a 1/2 teaspoon of corn and a sprinkle of chopped onion .
  8. Sprinkle on the crumbled bacon
  9. Sprinkle cheese (as much or as little as you like) on top of potatos and salt again
  10. Place under broiler for approx 5 minutes . Keep an eye on them so they dont burn. Broiling goes fast !
  11. Serve with Sour Cream or Ranch Dressing .No oil used ..No Frying ..absolutely delicious. I NEVER have any left over

I have been on a Mexican kick lately for some reason. I could have eaten five burritos that night (good for my stomach, not so good for my waistline and thighs). Luckily, my wallet only allowed me to order one. Get those potatoes loaded with lots of cheese, black beans, corn, salsa and, of course, sour cream. Potato skins get a bad rap for being full of fat and, ummmmm… not exactly healthy.

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